Plant watering assembly

ABSTRACT

A plant watering assembly for retaining water around a plant includes a canister that is positionable around a plant. The canister is comprised of a fluid impermeable material thereby facilitating a fluid to be poured therein. Thus, the canister retains the fluid around the plant for nourishing the plant. The canister has a plurality of spikes thereon and each of the spikes pierces ground when the canister is positioned around the plant. In this way the spikes inhibit the canister from being displaced.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention (2) Descriptionof Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and1.98

The disclosure and prior art relates to watering devices and moreparticularly pertains to a new watering device for retaining wateraround a plant.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a canister that is positionable around a plant. Thecanister is comprised of a fluid impermeable material therebyfacilitating a fluid to be poured therein. Thus, the canister retainsthe fluid around the plant for nourishing the plant. The canister has aplurality of spikes thereon and each of the spikes pierces ground whenthe canister is positioned around the plant. In this way the spikesinhibit the canister from being displaced.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective phantom view of a plant watering assemblyaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a cut-away in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through4 thereof, a new watering device embodying the principles and conceptsof an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by thereference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4, the plant watering assembly 10generally comprises a canister 12 that is positionable around a plant14, such as a flower, a vegetable plant 14 and any other plant 14 thatcan be conscientiously grown. The canister 12 is comprised of a fluidimpermeable material such as plastic, steel or other rigid material. Afluid 16, such as water, a fluid fertilizer other fluid commonly used towater a plant 14, is poured into the canister 12. Thus, the canister 12retains the fluid 16 around the plant 14 for nourishing the plant 14.The canister 12 has a plurality of spikes 18 thereon and each of thespikes 18 pierces ground when the canister 12 is positioned around theplant 14. In this way the spikes 18 inhibit the canister 12 from beingdisplaced from around the plant 14.

The canister 12 has a top end 20, a bottom end 22 and an outer wall 24extending therebetween, and each of the top 20 and bottom 22 ends isopen. The outer wall 24 tapers inwardly between the top 20 and bottom 22ends such that the top end 20 has a diameter that is greater than adiameter of the bottom end 22. Each of the spikes 18 is positioned onand extends downwardly from the bottom end 22, and the spikes 18 arespaced apart from each other and are distributed around the bottom end22. Each of the spikes 18 has a distal end 26 with respect to the bottomend 22 and each of the spikes 18 tapers to a point between the canister12 and the distal end 26.

In use, the canister 12 is positioned around the plant 14 and thecanister 12 is urged downwardly until the spikes 18 pierce the groundsuch that the bottom end 22 of the canister 12 is positioned below theground. A selected amount of the fluid 16, based upon the watering needsof the plant 14, is poured into the canister 12. Thus, the canister 12retains the selected amount of fluid 16 around the plant 14, therebyfacilitating the fluid 16 to soak into the ground around the plant 14and nourish the roots of the plant 14. Additionally, the canister 12inhibits the fluid 16 from running off when the plant 14 is wateredthereby facilitating the plant 14 to fully benefit from the nourishmentof the fluid 16. The canister 12 is removable from around the plant 14at any time.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

I claim:
 1. A plant watering assembly being configured to be positionedaround a plant thereby retaining water around the plant, said assemblycomprising: a canister being positionable around a plant, said canisterbeing comprised of a fluid impermeable material, said canister having afluid poured therein wherein said canister is configured to retain thefluid around the plant for nourishing the plant, said canister having aplurality of spikes thereon, each of said spikes piercing ground whensaid canister is positioned around the plant wherein said spikes areconfigured to inhibit said canister from being displaced.
 2. Theassembly according to claim 1, wherein said canister has a top end, abottom end and an outer wall extending therebetween, each of said topand bottom ends being open, said outer wall tapering inwardly betweensaid top and bottom ends such that said top end has a diameter beinggreater than a diameter of said bottom end.
 3. The assembly according toclaim 1, wherein: said canister has a bottom end; and each of saidspikes is positioned on and extends downwardly from said bottom end,said spikes being spaced apart from each other and being distributedaround said bottom end, each of said spikes having a distal end withrespect to said bottom end, each of said spikes tapering to a pointbetween said canister and said distal end.
 4. A plant watering assemblybeing configured to be positioned around a plant thereby retaining wateraround the plant, said assembly comprising: a canister beingpositionable around a plant, said canister being comprised of a fluidimpermeable material, said canister having a fluid poured thereinwherein said canister is configured to retain the fluid around the plantfor nourishing the plant, said canister having a plurality of spikesthereon, each of said spikes piercing ground when said canister ispositioned around the plant wherein said spikes are configured toinhibit said canister from being displaced, said canister having a topend, a bottom end and an outer wall extending therebetween, each of saidtop and bottom ends being open, said outer wall tapering inwardlybetween said top and bottom ends such that said top end has a diameterbeing greater than a diameter of said bottom end, each of said spikesbeing positioned on and extending downwardly from said bottom end, saidspikes being spaced apart from each other and being distributed aroundsaid bottom end, each of said spikes having a distal end with respect tosaid bottom end, each of said spikes tapering to a point between saidcanister and said distal end.